September 2017 Babies

Tums while pregnant...

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shellbell9217 wrote:

Hi ladies! I am getting some pretty intense acid reflux lately & it is just painful! ah! I have picked up some tums fruit chews to help...as with anything, I am nervous to take while pregnant. I am 19 weeks pregnant...any others use tums while pregnant and have no problems? FTM here and always want to double check!!

Tums are safe. Around 29 weeks with my first, my heartburn got so bad that my doctor put me on Prilosec until I was 4 weeks postpartum (I couldn't even drink water without getting severe heartburn - turns out, she was breech and so far into my ribs that she cracked one). I really don't want to have to do that again, but my daughter was perfectly healthy.

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